Chapter 16. Bureaucracy and the Public Sector: Practice Quiz

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1) Bureaucracy cannot easily provide for local flexibility.

aTrue

bFalse

2) Stopping and searching blacks because of their race is an _________ act.

aNormal

bArbitrary

cTraditional

dNone of the above

3) The new and cleaner way of organizing the public administration was first used in appointments for procurement officers with the French and Prussian armies in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

aTrue

bFalse

4) In the United States, the coming of the bureaucratic mode was embodied in the move for _________ reform at the beginning of the twentieth century.

aSocial

bPolitical

cCivil service

dNone of the above

5) Bureaucratic form of organization will fit some administrative needs better than others.

aTrue

bFalse

6) The bureaucratic model fits _________ operations well.

aMilitary

bTraditional

cPresidential

dNone of the above

7) Bureaucracy is a better form of organization for some areas of the public administration than for others.

aTrue

bFalse

8) Bureaucracy has a number of unpleasant connotations.

aTrue

bFalse

9) The bureaucratic model does not fit military operations well.

aTrue

bFalse

10) The armed forces are the most bureaucratically organized agencies in any state’s public administration.

aTrue

bFalse

11) Members of the public administration are appointed and promoted on the basis of their qualifications for the job they are to do.

aTrue

bFalse

12) Under a system of bureaucracy, special requirements of training or experience are set for officials.

aTrue

bFalse

13) Administrators under most versions of bureaucracy tend to hold their advice until someone asks for it.

aTrue

bFalse

14) The word "bureaucracy" has become almost a synonym for _________.

aPublic justice

bPublic administration

cPublic association

dNone of the above

15) Bureaucracy is a particular method of organizing the public administration.

aTrue

bFalse

16) Public administrators are shielded from day-to-day _________ pressure.